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πτερόν
πτερόν πτερόν, οῦ, πτέσθαι mostly in pl. feathers, Od., Hdt., etc.; in sg. a feather, Ar. = πτέρυξ, a birdʼs wing, in pl. wings, Hom., Aesch.; Παλλάδος ὑπὸ πτεροῖς ὄντας, metaph. from chickens under the henʼs wings, Aesch.: —τῷ πτερὰ γίγνετο he got as it were wings, i. e. spirit, courage, Il. the wings of a bat (v. πτίλον II), Hdt. any winged creature, as the Sphinx, Eur.; a beetle, Ar. like οἰωνός, Lat. avis, an augury, omen, Pind., Soph. anything like wings: as a shipʼs wings, i. e. oars (cf. πτερόω) , ἐρετμά, τά τε πτερὰ νηυσὶ πέλονται Od.; νηὸς πτερά Hes., Eur.:— hence birds are said πτεροῖς ἐρέσσειν, Eur. ἀέθλων πτερά, i. e. the wings of victory, which lift the Poet to heaven, Pind. a feathered arrow, Eur. τοῦ πώγωνος τὰ πτερά the points of the beard, Luc. in Architecture, of the rows of columns along the sides of Greek temples, v. ἄπτερος.

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πτερόν πτερόν, οῦ, πτέσθαι mostly in pl. feathers, Od., Hdt., etc.; in sg. a feather, Ar. = πτέρυξ, a birdʼs wing, in pl. wings, Hom., Aesch.; Παλλάδος ὑπὸ πτεροῖς ὄντας, metaph. from chickens under the henʼs wings, Aesch.: —τῷ πτερὰ γίγνετο he got as it were wings, i. e. spirit, courage, Il. the wings of a bat (v. πτίλον II), Hdt. any winged creature, as the Sphinx, Eur.; a beetle, Ar. like οἰωνός, Lat. avis, an augury, omen, Pind., Soph. anything like wings: as a shipʼs wings, i. e. oars (cf. πτερόω) , ἐρετμά, τά τε πτερὰ νηυσὶ πέλονται Od.; νηὸς πτερά Hes., Eur.:— hence birds are said πτεροῖς ἐρέσσειν, Eur. ἀέθλων πτερά, i. e. the wings of victory, which lift the Poet to heaven, Pind. a feathered arrow, Eur. τοῦ πώγωνος τὰ πτερά the points of the beard, Luc. in Architecture, of the rows of columns along the sides of Greek temples, v. ἄπτερος.
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28631
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urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n28664
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ptero/n

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